It can sometimes feel lonely and isolating working in this field, whether freelance or in a university context. We are a grassroots association based in the UK that supports and regulates one aspect of practice emerging in the wider field of somatic movement in the UK and Éire - somatically informed, imaginative and expressive therapeutic dance/movement. The money we generate is ploughed back into training events, research projects, and sharing best practice together.  We provide a bridge between freelance independent contexts and the work of lecturers facilitating somatically informed dance studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in UK and Éire universities.

We offer workshops around the UK and Éire, and provide a regulatory body specifically for this area of practice.  

Depending on your previous training you can register with us as a 'Somatic Movement Dance Therapist/Specialist' or 'Somatic Movement Dance Creative Specialist', We have a range of payment options and are keen on keeping prices low for free-lance practitioners. 

Our benefits:

• Greatly reduced admission to professional development training weekends, led by a variety of specialists. These weekends will be multi-voice and some of the areas we are covering in 2022 are: the ethics of touch in the wake of COVID-19 and safeguarding; working with the elderly and those living with long-term neurological health conditions; reducing   anxiety and pain management. We are keen our members offer their practice and share their expertise at training weekends as we develop. 
• Up-to-date registry of practitioners in the United Kingdom & Éire. 
• Helpful Covid-19 waiver forms, available upon registration 
• Helpful touch consent forms, available upon registration 
• Helpful medical history form, available upon registration 
• Helpful guidelines for practitioners  ​

• To provide on-going support and connection for practitioners in the United Kingdom & The Republic of Ireland
• To develop the profession, share best practice together and safeguard our communities and clients 
• To exchange knowledge and frameworks through annual symposiums and conferences
• To educate people and health care professionals about our work and the health benefits of Somatic Moving Dancing Therapies 
• To create a bridge between higher education and freelance contexts
• To widen access and create opportunities for people to experience therapeutic and creative practice
• To support university lecturers who pioneer the field at undergraduate and postgraduate levels